Former heads of state and government of the Club of Madrid join the solemn appeal of 299 former UN officials to urge governments, parliaments and citizens around the world to urgently reclaim the purpose, principles and values of the UN Charter, which has been massacred like never before, just as we prepare to celebrate its 80th anniversary on June 26.
Club de Madrid at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4)
Seville, Spain | 30 June – 3 July 2025
Africa in Control of Its Digital Future: Mobilising Domestic Resources and Strategic Partnerships for Inclusive Transformation
Digital transformation can be the engine of responsible and democratic development in Africa, but only if leadership, investment, and decision-making are rooted in the continent itself.
20 years since the Inter-American Democratic Charter: Present and future of democracy in the Americas
This Live Session will be in Spanish. Read below the event's information in Spanish. For the past 20 years, the...
Democracy in Practice: A podcast series by Club de Madrid
We are pleased to launch our first podcast series! 'Democracy in Practice' gathers the voices of our Members, all...
Live Session: Delivering for youth in emergency response and recovery-How to make democracy fit-for-purpose to meet the needs of young people?
COVID-19 has cast a spotlight on the difficulty faced by democracies around the world to deliver and meet the needs of...
Policy success through anticipation: How to build a democratic culture of emergency preparedness?
While democracies are frequently put to test, having to remain adaptable to new contexts, innovations and challenges,...
Live Session: A renewed multilateral system- Towards positive and inclusive peace
International Peace and Security remains one of the foremost global challenges of our time. As the world juggles intractable problems from climate change to deep societal cleavages…
Danilo Türk proposes summit to “rescue Agenda 2030”
Speaking at the Symi Symposium, our President, Danilo Türk, approached the topic of a just and inclusive green...
Webinar: The Art of Democratic Politics and the Challenges of Globalization
The debates touch upon the future of democracy in Brazil and around the world, the role of intellectuals in politics, and social inequality, among other topics.
Social Development policies after the COVID-19 pandemic: Reducing inequalities to make everyone count
As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic and enters the Decade of Action, we collectively need to think about...
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark urge concrete political action on pandemic preparedness
In response to the World Health Assembly (WHA) May 19th resolution last year, the World Health Organization (WHO)...







